page_title: Sierre
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sierre / History
context_page_description: Sierre is the capital of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 16,332.
  Sierre is nicknamed City of the Sun for its average of 300 days of sunshine a year.
  It is the last official French speaking city in Valais before the French–German language border of the canton located at the forêt de Finges, few kilometres after the town. A German-speaking minority lives in Sierre, as it counts around 8% of the population.
context_section_description: Sierre is first mentioned about 800 as Sidrium, though a 12th-century document refers to the village being founded in 515.  In 1179 it was mentioned as Sirro and in 1393 as Syder.
caption: Panoramic view of Sierre.
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